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List Price: $9.98 | | Label: Warner Bros. Pictures
Salesrank: 9862
Released: December 17, 1997 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
A lawyer finds himself framed for his ex-lover's murder.
Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: R
Release Date: 7-SEP-2004
Media Type: DVD
Description of Presumed Innocent:
Rich with ambiguity, this smooth adaptation of Scott Turow's bestselling mystery novel stars Harrison Ford as Rusty Sabich, the prosecuting attorney assigned to a case involving the murder of a beautiful, seductive lawyer (Greta Scacchi) with whom he'd been having a secret affair. After the investigation gets off to a slow start, damning evidence points to Rusty as the prime suspect. His career is destroyed when his superior and secondary suspect Raymond Horgan (Brian Dennehy) sets him up for the fall. Bonnie Bedelia plays Rusty's wife Barbara, who is not above suspicion herself. While Ford's performance rides a fine line between presumed innocence and possible guilt, director Alan J. Pakula (All the President's Men) maintains a consistent tone of uncertainty that keeps the viewer guessing. --Jeff Shannon
Presumed Innocent Reviews:
Terrific 
2009-12-05 - Presumed Innocent is a fantastic movie. Really keeps you guessing and at times on the edge of your seat. Truly a surprised ending!!!
Surprisingly good legal thriller 
2009-10-26 - The Bottom Line:
Much more realistic and fascinating than your average legal thriller, with few of the stupid tricks that characterize the genre (e.g. witnesses recanting on the stand, multiple personalities, etc.) and a persistently interesting storyline; I'm still not sure I like how the plot resolves itself, but this Pakula-helmed adaptation of Scott Turow's bestseller deserves to be held above the Primal Fears of the world.
3/4
There was a crime, there was a victim, and there is punishment
2009-02-09 - Prosecutor Rusty Sabich (Harrison Ford) comes in to find out that a co-worker he'd been having an affair with was brutally raped and tortured. His boss Raymond Morgan (Brian Dennehy) gives him the case, despite the two's shared past.
As Rusty progresses with the investigation, evidence is pointing more and more to him. Eventually, he's charged and one of the most compelling court dramas ensues.
"Presumed Innocent" literally had me on the edge of my seat both times I've watched this film. While Scott Turow's book is better, the movie's still great.
Rebecca Kyle, February 2009
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Witness for the Prosecution 
2008-12-09 - "Presumed Innocent" is one of the late Alan Pakula's lesser-known gems... after all,he did "All the President's Men" about Watergate and "Klute" with Jane Fonda as a prostitute/detective. Based on a legal thriller by Scott Turow,it is a skillful whodunit. Harrison Ford stars as a lawyer, Rusty, who's been carrying on a hot affair with Carolyn Polhemus (the glamorous Greta Scacchi) She cut off the affair because he wasn't furthering his career... then she is found terribly ravaged and murdered. Who did it?
The late Raul Julia as well as Brian Dennehy turn in excellent performances as Rusty's colleagues. Bonnie Bedelia stars as Rusty's heartbroken,mentally ill wife. His affair has made her into the broken shell of a woman. The movie glamorizes Ford's passionate affair with Scacchi. The love scenes are incredibly sensual. "Presumed Innocent" makes adultery look innocent.
"Presumed Innocent" has plenty of twists and turns. It's a guilty pleasure legal thriller. What do YOU presume?
